If I have Puppy 5.2.8 ver 002 and I want to update to 004 ISO, should I simply boot with 004 new CD and accept default options? I don't want to loose customization done so far with my lupusave. Thank you.

It's my first day using Puppy, and i'm still very new to Linux, so i hope you'll forgive me my stupidity if there appears any =).

Anyway, i'm having trouble performing a full install of Slacko 5.3.1 on VirtualBox. The machine is dedicated to this installation, so no dualbooting or Live CD stuff is required - just the plain old off-the-hard-drive work.

I got the MAIN iso from the website, the md5 checksum matches OK. The booting in a Live CD mode also works fine. So i tried to perform the full install on the vurtual hard drive, created and formatted the partition in ext2, set the boot flags etc - everything's okay.
But! When i'm told to alter the 'menu.lst' file for the GRUB bootloader, i look into the /dev/sda/boot folder and see no file like that - just an empty grub folder and some vmlinuz file. And obviously, this stuff doesn't boot if i leave it this way.

What am i doing wrong? I've been following the installation instructions precisely, but still the setup somehow fails to make the hard drive bootable.
Should i have configured GRUB somehow before i start the installation? Because find / -name '*grub*' shows i have both grub and grub4dos packages within the system. I just don't know what to do with them to make it all work.

Now that I'm finally close to change this poor laptop, yesterday I've decided to give a try to the other "half of the sky", linux, mostly beacuse each cent matters here (and to have kept for 13 years the same pc should be a valid witness).

So, here it goes: time ago I successfully tried, in the same conditions, a win2000 installation, removed few days later due to evident machine's troubles in handling such an OS, which left behind a dual boot (boot.ini) config.

Looking @ Wary Puppy 5.2.2 installation guides, I've felt quite lost due to the lack of working CD/floppy units, but I've decided to proceed step by step.

To start off, I've downloaded the Wary 5.2.2 ISO.
Then I've downloaded Virtual Clonedrive 5.4.5.
I've copied the ISO image from the HD to the virtual CD, then extracted all files from there to the HD (D: - 2nd partition)
Downloaded Grub4dos' grldr and menu.lst files to C:\ (just those 2)
Modified the menu.lst file as follows:

Using the "set root=(" + tab in Grub, the system told me that the only available partition was (Hd0,0) rd.

After many, and unsuccessful, attempts with the menu-lst file, I've decided to copy, not having the possibility to use even the flopy unit, all Wary files to C:\, setting the menu.lst path as (hd0,0).

Reboot and..
boot.ini option => Grub option => puppy 5.2.2 started
When, finally I had puppy desktop, I've seen that he had recognised the HD partitions, so I've decided to try to install Wary directly from the desktop ("install").

I've not allowed Grub instalaltion, preferring to manually change the menu.lst file according to the infos of the installation process (just copy paste)

Your skill at navigating through the trauma of getting an installation working bodes well for your future use of linux.

The method you have achieved is what I consider the best when one wants to dual boot with Windows.

Looking at the original menu.lst that failed and the one that worked the significant difference in the rootnoverify command probably tells a story.

In the one that failed it had (hd0,1) and in the one that worked it had (hd0,4).

This would tie up with your PC partitioned as one primary partition (hd0,0) together with 2 logical partitions (hd0,4) and (hd0,5) within the extended partition. As you see, like this there is no (hd0,1) and hence the initial failure. To have an (hd0,1) you need a second primary partition.

You successful installation to (hd0,4) was also in a subdirectory. This is better than being in the root of the partition because you can now experiment with additional Puppy variations by adding them to their own subdirectories without conflict with each other.

I already make my fd as my boot loader for puppy linux, but I want to make my hard drive as my boot loader so I don't need my fd anymore for loading.
I'm in grubconfig for boot loader. and I'm already reach:
" SELECT GRUB PARTITION". I can't choose my /dev/sda2 and got an error message: "/dev/sda2 is not linux partition". btw, do I need to make something before install it to my harddrive?
or did I skip some steps behind?
I'm using Linux puppypc 2.6.33.2.

Thanks before.

note:
in my sda2, I install puppy to a directory: /dev/sda2/puppyQ
btw, I see Gparted Partition Manager in linux. what's the option so I can boot from my sda2. btw, I changed the "boot" flags to my sda2. my "boot" flags before in my /dev/sda1 so it can't load sda2. hmm.. but,there're an error: "Remove disks or other media. press any key to restart"
My flashdisk is inserted so it show that (maybe). and then, I unplug my flashdisk and get error message:
"Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
and the end, I load puppy from my flashdisk again.

Please help me with this. because it's my first time using linux, and I want to try using linux without another os.Last edited by bakekoq on Sat 16 Jun 2012, 22:12; edited 1 time in total

I'm trying to install grub4dos.
I'm in the directory, and follow the install documents inside.
after I'm checking my "./configure"
I can't continue to "make" or "make install". bash: make: command not found. can U help me with this?

btw, I try to install grub4dos, but I can't do it. how do I install it?
I follow the Install documents inside the grub4dos directory.
I follow the simplest way to compile the package and only can do it:
1. ./configure
and it's checking something. and I found:
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

owh..
btw, I already install it not using grub4dos but using grup boot loader normally. I still don't know to install programs or even driver for my pc in linux. do I need somekind of another programs to load my driver from dvd?

ah. I have just installed it right now.
and also I already can load my puppy linux from hard drive..

Thanks for the help.
hmm.. the next thing I'll try to install the driver for my laptop. btw, do I need some application to install *.exe file? because, few hours a go I tried and got the message like this:
No run action specified for files of this type (application/x-ms-dos-executable) - you can set a run action by choosing "Set Run Action" from the File menu, or you can just drag the file to an application.
I can't find the Set Run Action from Menu. do I need to install some application first?

btw, how do I install some kind of file *.tar.gz in linux puppy? I still confuse since earlier the command that I used for installing from console?

btw, I tried to install driver with wine. but, my friend said that it's surely not working. btw, anybody know how to know what kind of hardware is in our laptop from console so I can know what do I need to search for the driver. thanks a lot.

btw, I tried to install driver with wine. but, my friend said that it's surely not working. btw, anybody know how to know what kind of hardware is in our laptop from console so I can know what do I need to search for the driver. thanks a lot.

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